How Scott Williamson's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Scott Williamson posted a career ERA of 3.36, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2001, posting .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.19 that year. The highest point came in 2006 at 5.72, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.24 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.65 in 2005 to 5.72 in 2006 and 4.4 in 2007. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 5.72 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Scott Williamson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Scott Williamson ERA Per Season

Scott Williamson's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Scott Williamson ERA per season line chart

Scott Williamson ERA by Team

Scott Williamson's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Scott Williamson ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scott Williamson's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Scott Williamson ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Scott Williamson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scott Williamson's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Scott Williamson ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scott Williamson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scott Williamson's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Scott Williamson ERA season-by-season breakdown table